The Old Farmer's Almanac 2015 (27 page)

FEB. 2015:
Temp. 53° (2° above avg.); precip. 1″ (0.5″ above avg.). 1–7 Scattered showers, mild. 8–12 Sunny, turning cool. 13–20 A few showers east, sunny west; seasonable. 21–26 Rainy periods, chilly west; a shower, mild east. 27–28 Sunny, cool.

MAR. 2015:
Temp. 55° (3° below avg.); precip. 0.5″ (0.4″ above avg. east, 0.4″ below west). 1–2 Sunny; warm east, cool west. 3–10 Sunny, cool. 11–18 Showers, then sunny, nice. 19–29 Showers, then sunny, cool. 30–31 Sunny, warm.

APR. 2015:
Temp. 62° (3° below avg.); precip. 0.5″ (avg.). 1–8 Sunny; warm east; warm, then cool west. 9–17 Showers, then sunny; seasonable east, cool west. 18–25 Showers, then sunny, cool. 26–30 Sunny, warm.

MAY 2015:
Temp. 76° (2° above avg.); precip. 0.5″ (avg.). 1–13 Sunny, turning warm. 14–20 Scattered t-storms, warm. 21–27 Sunny; turning cool east, hot west. 28–31 Scattered t-storms, cool.

JUNE 2015:
Temp. 82° (1° below avg.); precip. 0.5″ (avg.). 1–11 Sunny, cool west; isolated t-storms, turning hot east. 12–17 Scattered t-storms east; sunny, hot west. 18–24 Isolated t-storms, turning cooler. 25–30 Scattered t-storms, hot.

JULY 2015:
Temp. 88° (1° above avg.); precip. 2″ (0.5″ above avg.). 1–12 Isolated t-storms, hot. 13–21 Scattered t-storms, not as hot. 22–25 Sunny, hot. 26–31 A couple of t-storms.

AUG. 2015:
Temp. 85° (avg.); precip. 2″ (0.5″ above avg.). 1–11 Scattered t-storms, very warm and humid. 12–16 Scattered t-storms, hot and humid. 17–21 Sunny, hot. 22–27 Isolated t-storms, hot. 28–31 T-storms, then sunny, cool.

SEPT. 2015:
Temp. 76° (3° below avg.); precip. 0.7″ (0.3″ below avg.). 1–2 Sunny, hot. 3–11 Scattered t-storms, turning cool. 12–19 T-storms, then sunny, cool. 20–30 A couple of t-storms, cool.

OCT. 2015:
Temp. 64° (4° below avg.); precip. 0.5″ (0.5″ below avg.). 1–7 Sunny, cool. 8–13 Showers, then sunny, cool. 14–28 Showers, then sunny, cool. 29–31 Sunny, mild.

Pacific Northwest

SUMMARY:
Winter temperatures will be higher than normal, with below-normal snowfall. Precipitation will be below normal in Washington and Oregon and near normal in northern California. The coldest periods will be in late December, mid- to late January, and late February, with the snowiest periods in late December and mid- to late January.

April and May will be slightly drier than normal, with near-normal temperatures.

Summer will be drier than normal, with temperatures near normal in the north and above elsewhere. The hottest periods will occur in mid- and late June and early to mid-July.

September and October will be cooler and drier than normal.

NOV. 2014:
Temp. 47° (0.5° above avg. north, 1° below south); precip. 1.5″ (5″ below avg.). 1–6 Showers, mild. 7–16 Rainy periods, seasonable. 17–25 Sunny, cool. 26–30 Showers, cool.

DEC. 2014:
Temp. 46° (3° above); precip. 8″ (avg. north, 3″ above south). 1–3 Rainy, mild. 4–6 Heavy rain, windy, mild. 7–19 Rainy periods, mild. 20–26 Sunny, cool. 27–31 Snow, then sunny, cold.

JAN. 2015:
Temp. 46° (3° above avg.); precip. 11″ (5″ above avg.). 1–4 Rainy, cool. 5–7 Heavy rain, mild. 8–13 Rainy periods, mild. 14–19 Heavy rain, mild. 20–22 Rain and snow showers, cold. 23–31 Occasional rain, mild.

FEB. 2015:
Temp. 47° (3° above avg.); precip. 4″ (1″ below avg.). 1–4 Sunny, mild. 5–10 Rainy, mild. 11–14 Sunny, mild. 15–20 A few showers, seasonable. 21–28 Showers, cool.

MAR. 2015:
Temp. 47° (avg.); precip. 2″ (2″ below avg.). 1–2 Sunny, cool. 3–9 Rainy periods, mild. 10–12 Sunny, cool. 13–18 Sprinkles, cool. 19–22 Showers, mild. 23–31 Sunny, then showers, cool.

APR. 2015:
Temp. 48° (2° below avg.); precip. 3″ (avg.). 1–4 Rainy periods, cool. 5–10 Sunny, nice. 11–22 Occasional rain, cool. 23–27 Sunny, warm. 28–30 Showers, cool.

MAY 2015:
Temp. 57° (2° above avg.); precip. 1″ (1″ below avg.). 1–5 Rainy periods, cool. 6–9 Sunny, warm. 10–15 A few showers, cool. 16–18 Sunny, very warm. 19–22 Rainy periods, cool. 23–26 Sunny, turning hot. 27–31 Showers, then sunny, very warm.

JUNE 2015:
Temp. 63° (1° above avg. north, 5° above south); precip. 1″ (0.5″ below avg.). 1–8 A few showers, cool. 9–19 Sunny, turning hot. 20–24 Showers, cool. 25–30 Sunny, hot.

JULY 2015:
Temp. 64° (1° below avg.); precip. 0.2″ (0.3″ below avg.). 1–6 Sunny, turning cool. 7–8 Sunny, hot. 9–16 T-storms, then sunny, turning cool. 17–24 Showers, then sunny, cool. 25–31 Scattered showers, cool.

AUG. 2015:
Temp. 66° (avg.); precip. 1″ (avg.). 1–4 Sunny, hot. 5–15 Showers, then sunny, nice. 16–25 Scattered showers, seasonable. 26–31 Rainy periods, cool.

SEPT. 2015:
Temp. 60° (1° below avg.); precip. 1″ (0.5″ below avg.). 1–8 Sunny, cool. 9–14 Rainy periods, cool. 1518 Showers, then sunny, cool. 19–26 Sunny, warm. 27–30 Rainy periods, cool.

OCT. 2015:
Temp. 54.5° (0.5° above avg.); precip. 3″ (avg.). 1–4 Showers, mild. 5–9 Sunny, cool. 10–17 Rainy, cool. 1827 Sunny, turning warm. 28–31 Rainy, mild.

Pacific Southwest

SUMMARY:
Winter will be warmer than normal, with the coldest periods in late December and early to mid- and late February. Rainfall will be above normal in the north and below in the south. Mountain snows will be below normal, with the snowiest periods in early to mid-January and mid-to late February.

April and May will be drier than normal, with temperatures near normal in the north and below in the south.

Summer will be cooler than normal, with near-normal rainfall. The hottest periods will be in mid- and late June in the central valley; in mid- to late June, early August, and mid-September near the northern coast; and in late June, early August, and mid- to late September near the southern coast.

September and October will bring near-normal temperatures, with rainfall above normal in the north and below in the south.

NOV. 2014:
Temp. 61° (3° above avg.); precip. 0.5″ (1″ below avg.). 1–7 Sunny north, showers south; warm. 8–15 Showers, then sunny, cool. 16–23 Sunny, mild. 24–30 Isolated showers; cool inland, mild coast.

DEC. 2014:
Temp. 55° (3° above avg. north, 0.5° below south); precip. 2″ (1″ above avg. north, 1″ below south). 1–9 Rain, then sunny; mild north, cool south. 10–12 Rainy north, sunny south; mild. 13–19 Rainy periods, mild. 20–31 Sunny, cool.

JAN. 2015:
Temp. 56° (4° above avg. north, avg. south); precip. 4″ (3″ above avg. north, 1.5″ below south). 1–4 Rainy; mild north, cool south. 5–6 Showers, mild. 7–9 Rain, heavy north; mild. 10–11 Sunny. 12–17 Rainy, mild north; sprinkles, seasonable south. 18–24 Showers north, sunny south; seasonable. 25–31 Sunny; mild north, cool south.

FEB. 2015:
Temp. 56° (1° above avg.); precip. 3″ (0.5″ below avg. north, 1″ above south). 1–4 Rainy periods, mild. 5–9 Rainy periods, mild north; sunny, seasonable south. 10–19 Sunny; cool, then warm. 20–25 Rain, some heavy; turning cool. 26–28 Showers, cool.

MAR. 2015:
Temp. 59° (2° above avg.); precip. 0.5″ (2″ below avg.). 1–7 Showers, turning mild. 8–18 Sunny, nice. 1924 Sunny, mild north; sprinkles, cool south. 25–31 Sunny, warm.

APR. 2015:
Temp. 58° (2° below avg.); precip. 0.6″ (0.4″ below avg.). 1–5 Sunny, nice. 6–11 Showers, then sunny, cool. 12–20 Scattered showers, cool. 21–26 Sunny, turning very warm. 27–30 Sunny, cool.

MAY 2015:
Temp. 64° (2° above avg. north, 1° below south); precip. 0.3″ (0.2″ below avg.). 1–6 Sunny inland;
A.M.
clouds and sprinkles,
P.M.
sun coast; cool. 7–10 Sunny, hot. 11–20 Sunny, warm inland;
A.M.
clouds and sprinkles,
P.M.
sun coast. 21–24 Sunny; turning hot north, warm south. 2531 Sunny, hot inland;
A.M.
clouds and sprinkles,
P.M.
sun coast.

JUNE 2015:
Temp. 68° (avg.); precip. 0.2″ (0.2″ above avg. north, avg. south). 1–2 Showers, cool. 3–18 Sunny, turning hot inland;
A.M.
clouds and sprinkles,
P.M.
sun coast. 19–22 Showers, then sunny, cool. 23–26 Sunny, hot. 27–30 Sunny, hot inland;
A.M.
clouds,
P.M.
sun coast.

JULY 2015:
Temp. 70° (1° below avg.); precip. 0″ (avg.). 1–13 Sunny, hot inland;
A.M.
clouds,
P.M.
sun, cool coast. 14–26 Sunny, nice. 27–31 Sunny inland;
A.M.
clouds and sprinkles,
P.M.
sun coast.

AUG. 2015:
Temp. 70° (1° below avg.); precip. 0.1″ (avg.). 1–3 Sunny, hot. 4–11 Sunny; cool north, warm south. 12–16 Scattered showers north, sunny south; cool. 17–27 Sunny, cool. 28–31 Sunny; hot north, cool south.

SEPT. 2015:
Temp. 71° (1° above avg.); precip. 0.1″ (0.1″ below avg.). 1–5 Sunny, hot inland;
A.M.
clouds,
P.M.
sun, cool coast. 6–12 Sunny, cool. 13–24 Sunny, turning very warm. 25–30 Scattered showers, then sunny, cool.

OCT. 2015:
Temp. 64° (1° below avg.); precip. 1″ (1″ above avg. north, 0.5″ below south). 1–10 Sunny, cool. 11–16 Showers, mainly north; cool. 17–22 Sunny, cool. 23–26 Showers north, sunny south. 27–31 Rainy north, showers south; mild.